Return to Presence

Counselors, somatic practitioners, coaches & and all helping professionals…. As an experienced supervisor and private practice owner, I want to let you in on a little known secret in our industry. Because I see so many struggling with this:

📌 You do not need to be a full time - or even part-time - marketer…
📌 You do not need to spend hours every week on social media…
📌 You do not need to get even more qualifications and complete more specialist courses (yes, really)…
📌 You do not need to take generic marketing advice that is not aligned to the ethics and very personal nature of our field...
📌 You do not need to be listed on every directory out there… (ps I am not and haven’t ever been on even on 1)…

To grow a thriving private practice as a helping professional! What a relief right?! Whew, I can almost hear you take an exhale. 

“But then what do I do Cands?” Excellent question! And that’s exactly what I am going to share with you in a rare behind the scenes opportunity *this* week.
 
Clear. 
Simple. 
Time-effective. 

You want to focus on helping others, not sales and marketing right? Excellent. You’re in good company then. This is not for the marketers, the tech gurus, or the social media specialists. 

This is for the real-life helping professionals wanting to do the work without changing over to a marketing career. And I’m going to show you exactly how! 

Friday, 25th July.
2pm - 3:30pm SAST.
FREE to join!
👉 Booking link in bio.

Just 2 spots left on our Recovering from Trauma, personal course 🫶And then we will have to close it to keep it an intimate and nurturing space. This will allow us and Cands to truly meet each individual where they are at in their trauma recovery journey. 

Feeling the light of hope flicker in your heart? Trust it.

We’re ready to take your hand and journey together 🙂

🫶 DM us your email address for the full curriculum overview.

Some happy, personal news 🙂🫶

Hello beautiful friends, I am excited to be able to finally share some happy news with you 🙂 We are expecting a beautiful baby boy! 🩵 He is due to arrive mid-November so I will be slowing down over here from October, until 1 Feb. Practically what this means: - My last slots for private sessions will be in September 2026, opening again in February 2027. - Our @returntopresence training practice continues as normal. Group consulting sessions & due dates will be automatically extended if these fall over my time off (ie extension from 1 Feb by same amount of time you have left as of 1 October). So you will automatically get extra time to complete where applicable 🤗 You’re so welcome to DM or email me if you have any questions at all on this. We are both well & healthy which I’m so grateful for. Thank you so much for sharing in this joyful time with me! 🫶 My favorite scan so far 😍 deep in a cuddle with the placenta! Too cute for words 🫶 Can’t wait to meet you my precious boy.

Hello new week, let’s try a different way 😌🌱

No matter how your week has started… This is your sign that you can begin again. Any time. Any day. Hope doesn’t have an expiry date 🫶

1.) Take a look out of the nearest window you can find. See if you can spot clouds, sunshine, plants, rain drops, birds in the sky… Let your gaze take it in. Anything at all.

2.) Breathe in and say out loud: “I can…”
Breathe out and say out loud: “Be a beginner.”

May you know in your heart today that you’re not alone. The darkness is exactly where hope is born. We’re here, with you. 🕊️🕊️

These are not necessarily personality flaws friends. Or the way you’ve “always been”. They may be signs of a nervous system that has been working hard to protect you ❤️‍🩹 It can be different. It must be different.

Join our founder Cands, on Thursday, 25th June at 14pm SAST for this brand-new, FREE online workshop. Discover how trauma can shape your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and stress responses, and leave with practical tools to begin moving toward greater calm, clarity, and self-understanding.

✨ Free registration.
✨ Live online.
✨ No prior experience needed.
✨ Free bonus gift included 🫶

More info & bookings at the link in our bio Return to Presence. Limited spots.

Whew… Powerful words from our founder.

A reminder to survivors of childhood trauma, particularly those that still feel gaslit by their parents or caregivers as adults:

- If their parenting cost you, your mental health it wasn’t good enough.
- If their parenting cost you, your physical wellbeing it wasn’t good enough.
- If their parenting cost you, your ability to form healthy and happy long term relationships it wasn’t good enough.
- If their parent cost you, a healthy self-esteem with an inherent knowing of your unchanging self-worth it wasn’t good enough.

No one gets to rewrite your history. Healing begins with first acknowledging truth. It does not require agreement to be your truth. Claim it, friend.

✨ COMING SOON ✨

Recovering From Trauma: A Trauma Therapist’s Personal Guide to Finding Hope & Peace Again

If you’ve been struggling with anxiety, people-pleasing, perfectionism, emotional overwhelm, chronic exhaustion, relationship triggers, or feeling stuck in survival mode, this course was created for you.

This 6-week guided journey will help you better understand trauma, regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your body, and move toward healing with compassion and practical tools.

💌 Join the waitlist now by sending us your email address.

Waitlist members receive:
✓ Exclusive early access to the full curriculum and course launch.
✓ Early bird pricing not available to the public.
✓ First access to discounted course add-ons and for professionals, certification opportunities.
✓ A special enrolment gift.
✓ Plus additional bonuses and surprises we have planned just for you!

Healing doesn’t happen overnight friends, but understanding is often the first step.

NB: Only pop us your email address if you’re happy for us to subscribe you to our emails (this is where the waitlist community will be communicated with 🫶)

A trauma trigger can feel immensely confusing. Sometimes it’s hard to know where it’s coming from or how to ground ourselves in the present moment again.

🫶 Save this for a moment when you need it most!

Why might it work?

- It immediately changes our focus from the trigger to our own experience.
- Looking up and humming can have a soothing effect on the vagus nerve (engages rest and digest - opposite of trauma response).
- Reparenting ourselves through a trigger can be very comforting and reduce the sense of shock we may be experiencing.

What else would you add to this?